Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 08:18
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 199 45% 300 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Lighting 19.5 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 18.6 16% 17.8 fps	MRender 16.4 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 20.1 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 38918096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 117132348105026 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1387 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 70 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 37 1009319739420 (C2) HDA temperature 28 37 1009319739420 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 38918096 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 38918096 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 38918096 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9581 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5211 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5211 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5410 (F4) Unknown 98 98 196673596	45% Average	Read 397 Write 113 Mixed 155 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 4.24 69% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.7 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 5.69 23% 47.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 75%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 268GB free Firmware: CP100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5632 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18814 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 81 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35109 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6902 (BB) vendor-specific 10 10 65627 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 56 24 (C2) HDA temperature 166 106 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 220632 (C4) Reallocation count 92 92 81 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 2	42.7% Average	Read 70.4 Write 78.2 Mixed 72.6 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%
FUJITSU MJA2500BH G2 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 175GB free, PID 70f8 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 35 Mixed 35.9 46% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 19%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,694 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 40GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 59.6 Write 70.8 Mixed 52.1 79% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-025.A00LF 3x4GB 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 96.2 42% 96.2 ns

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	876x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	663x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	498x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	167x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	148x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	133x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	44x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16